China a common Metro link between arch rivals India, Pak

NAGPUR: India and Pakistan could have come on the subject of a war a fortnight in the past, but there is a not unusual link between the two international locations in the case of Metro rail projects. The coaches for Metro to run in towns of Nagpur and Lahore come from the similar Chinese company.

Chinese Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), a government company in China, has bagged the order to supply 69 coaches for Nagpur Metro. The identical company is supplying coaches to the metro rail mission in Lahore, named Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT), thru certainly one of its subsidiary.

A search at the website of CRRC shows up two different press releases about the company having bagged orders for Nagpur and Lahore projects.

A press unencumber at the CRRC website dated March 29, 2017, says CRRC Dalian Co had bagged an order for 69 Metro automobiles for Nagpur, which is referred as the biggest city in Central India. The trains are for two urban rails within the city with a total period of 38km. The settlement also incudes a 10-year maintenance contract, says the word at the website.

CRRC Dalian is a subsidiary of CRRC. The press unencumber says it had gained the first order in May, 2015, for providing 112 coaches for Kolkata. The unencumber provides India has grow to be an important marketplace for Chinese educate makers.


There is another press unencumber which says on May 15, 2014, a educate set designed for Pakistani subway rolled off the production line in Central China’s Hunan Province. The educate used to be produced via CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive. With a stainless steel automobile frame, the educate used to be designed for the 25.58km metro line in Lahore.


The mission in Lahore is part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and will be Pakistan’s first modern mass fast shipping machine.


For Nagpur, CRRC had bagged the contract beating Indian PSU, Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), and West Bengal-based Titagargh Wagons. CRRC’s contract has been pegged at Rs851 crore.


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